Anand L Rai and Himanshu Sharma are two creators who have made some memorable small-town characters. They get the texture of these characters very easily, and even the not-so-great Zero had characters that were fun to watch. Coming to the duo’s new film Atrangi Re, the kind of “celebration” mood Rai and Sharma creates through… Continue reading Atrangi Re
Tag: Dhanush
Jagame Thandhiram
Imagine a Quentin Tarrantino movie with that climax bloodshed with all guns blazing, but instead of the usual cowboy, we have a Tamil hero wearing Veshti/Mundu. There is a certain level of appeal to that concept, and maybe one among the reasons why Karthik Subbaraj came up with this gangster thriller idea named Jagame Thandhiram… Continue reading Jagame Thandhiram
Karnan
With his first film Pariyerum Perumal, Mari Selvaraj had made it very clear that he will be approaching his movies with brutal honesty. His new movie Karnan, starring Dhanush in the title role, is an exhilarating drama with so many layers. The caste-based oppression is the theme that drives the story forward. But Mari Selvaraj… Continue reading Karnan
Pattas
Kodi, the last outing of the combination of RS Durai Senthilkumar and Dhanush was an engaging grey thriller that sort of stayed with me. Coming to the new film from this combo Pattas, the feeling one gets is extremely underwhelming. Durai Senthilkumar has no intention to surprise the viewer. A tedious screenplay that just doesn’t… Continue reading Pattas
Enai Noki Paayum Thota
Gautham Vasudev Menon always has this trademark voice-over by the hero in almost all his movies. And as a viewer, I haven’t had much of an issue with it (Well a part of me always felt it could have been a little less). But his long-awaited release Enai Noki Paayum Thota is one movie where… Continue reading Enai Noki Paayum Thota
Asuran
There is a B and C center audience in Tamil Nadu who is okay with a Kadaikutty Singham and Namma Veettu Pillai. And there are a lot of commercially successful films of similar nature where you clearly can sense the absence of subtlety in narration and presentation. Vetri Maaran’s Asuran is in a way his… Continue reading Asuran
Thodari
Thodari from Prabhu Solomon has a running time of 168 minutes. That is roughly three hours inside the theater considering the interval. And imagine the kind of frustration you feel when almost half of that time is spent over irrelevant areas. Thodari is absolute chaos of many subplots just intended to make it look like… Continue reading Thodari